ORMOND BEACH
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 11, NO. 46
CHILDREN’S ART PAGE 3B THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2023
Community at odds with golf course developers Planning Board instructs Tomoka Oaks Golf Course developers to seek a compromise with neighbors. PAGE 3A
Tax rate increase proposed Commission seeks to go almost 14% above rollback to fund maintenance of city facilities. PAGE 2A INSIDE FEE INCREASE
Volusia County stormwater fees to rise by 50 cents. PAGE 4A
TAKING NEW ROADS Volusia County officials hold first Transportation Subcommittee meeting. PAGE 12A
Puppy love
TURKISH DELIGHT
Halifax Humane Society holds Puppy Preview at the Volusia Mall.
Soraya Mediterranean Cafe now open in Ormond Beach. PAGE 10A
HONOR RIDE
AdventHealth teams up with The NASCAR Foundation and Martin Truex Jr. Foundation to honor cancer heroes. PAGE 12A
BRIEFS
Vote for Christmas parade theme The city of Ormond Beach will be celebrating its 32nd annual Home for the Holidays Parade on Saturday, Dec. 9. Will this year’s theme be “An OldFashioned Christmas?” Or “Christmas in Toyland?” How about “A Groovy Christmas?” The choice is up to you. Cast your vote at bit.ly/ParadeThemePoll2023. Voting ends July 28. The theme will be announced July 31.
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Photo by Michele Meyers
Halifax Humane Society staff member Victoria Kerry holds an adopted puppy as the pooch and William Cossa sniff each other during the Puppy Preview at the new HHS Dog Adoption Center located in the Volusia Mall.
Cowabunga! Campers make waves at Odyssey Adventure Club’s Surf and Springs camp. PAGE 5B
Star student
TURTLE TRACKS Total nests: 1,217 New nests: 44 Hatched eggs: 2.2K Green nests: 138 Loggerhead nests: 1.1K Leatherback nests: 5 Kemp's Ridley nests: 4 Nests in Ormond: 143 Nests in Ormond-by-the-Sea: 418
Ormond Beach resident earns associate degree at 16 at DSC.
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INDEX
Business..................... PAGE 9A Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A Letters.......................PAGE 12A Public Notices.............PAGE 7B Real Estate..................PAGE 7B Sports......................... PAGE 5B
Health boost AdventHealth trains local yoga teachers to offer classes for cancer patients. Odyssey campers Grace Gildon, Ady Cooke and Anna Viscomi
PAGE 9A Photo by Michele Meyers